Yep. I hate to knock a guy that’s been doing it that long, but that’s not the safest way to wind a spring

Yup , my spring broke too. Had to call in to work some Monday

The same thing happened to me. I had to cut the cables to be able to close the door. The unlucky part was I had a Wayne Dalton iDrive system, which nobody uses anymore.

I was quoted $550 for both springs. What a ripoff

How many half turns are given to the spring. Thank you

@@MrChesare111 Each spring has to be wound 7 and half full turns, so you would need 15 half turns to set the proper tension (or 30 quarter turns. If you do this and the door is hard to lift, add at least 1 additional half turn to each spring.

Yesterday I replaced a frayed lift able that become tangled with the track hardware. The door stopped was halfway open, so there was still tension on the cable. There was one strand of the cable caught in a track bracket, and the only way I could think of releasing it was to snip the strand. That's when the springs released the tension and things went flying (in less time than it takes to blink -as Bill warned). I was fortunate that the only damage was a superficial cut on my thumb caused by a cable strand that was whipping around (at least I think that's what happened - it happened so fast!). I had to replace the cables and then put the tension back on the springs. I used foot long 3/8 inch ratchet extensions for winding rods. It would have been easier if I used 2 foot long extensions for more leverage, but I did not have enough ceiling clearance. I am very surprised the 1/2" diameter cold rolled steel that Odiesclips used was rigid enough to wind those springs. Bottom line, The garage door is working again and my only cost was $8.50 for the pair of cables, a band aid (and 4 hours of my time).

Did you do it?? How did it go?

didn't get the drum back on right or not enough tension.

Suggest you watch a few youtubes by Express Garage Door Parts. Your cables are out of balance. Takes a couple minutes to adjust.

After installing the cables, I adjusted both drums so the the cables were tight (no slack) and then wound the springs. If the springs already are wound, you must clamp the rod tightly with vise grips before loosening the drums

You mean stretch is out? How would he do that and why would that make a difference other than adding more tension on it?

Charles Skye coils won’t rub as hard against one another as tension is applied and released

That depends, only if the spring looks really fucked before you tighten set screws, tapping it out a little bit is up to your discretion

Maybe he wanted early breakage.

@@peteycrypto2135 peter!!!!! What's up buddy!!!

Depends how intensive door is used plus quality of spring itself. My spring installed by door company broke after 30 months. This time I did the job by myself with USA made springs.

Bob Sagget Nice work! The house we'll be in next year has all extension springs. (three single-car doors) I've never worked on the torsion ones before.

wildlife T-shirts what did he charge? Did the tension cables need to be replaced?

Cables don’t always need replaced actually hardly ever so you could think him for not trying to get extra money out of you I do this for a living and after years of doing this it doesn’t take long to do such a service call...people need to realize cost of parts and overhead and everything else that goes into it

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Yea... With those so tight - fk the next guy! Those winding cones will bind up due to the distortion of the tube, and will be a PITA to unwind or replace. 1/2 - 3/4 turn past finger tight is all you need. He also stands right inline with the cone as he winds. Seems like a nice guy, but definitely not a how-to... Banzai!!!

It wasn't to tight hell he was out of breath from talking

Your friend is an idiot

Cool

Surely wont give you his sec's

You must be a trained professional? But a trained professional wouldn't be careless enough to say this.

Lots of things are dangerous. But everyone has to start somewhere.

@@davebliley5361you are so right! Danger is a part of the game, I’ve jumped out of airplanes and rode motorcycles, just need to know what you are doing and what can go wrong. Risk is always there, you just need to know how to deal with it.

@@davebliley5361 just finished replacing both springs! Just take your time, no need to rush the job. Learned all I needed to know from youtube and the comments. Get the right tools and it is a pice of cake. I’m 70 and if I can do it anyone can. Peace.

As a owner of a garage door company, I totally agree with you. I would fire my serviceman if I caught him cranking this way. Your always to be to the side to avoid an unexpected unwind or slip. This is how someone gets really hurt badly!! I have seen many accidents from servicemen cranking that way. I train each serviceman never to be in front of the bars. This man is not very well experienced at all!! If he had years experience, he would never crank this way!! Good call!

my torsion spring is broken and i order the same size .234" x 2 x 30.5 but they send for me .243 x2x38 .i don't know is work or not. can you help me .? thanks

+Anhduy Well, I took a guess at your garage door height(I used 7 feet) and put your spring size into the calculator on ddmgaragedoors.com and .243 X 2 X 36.75 came back as a longer life cycle option. I recommend calling the company you bought the spring from, but the springs they sent you may be what they recommend.

Do it exactly in back order. Insert rod, let it rest against top of the door, loose set screws and use two rods to unwind it.